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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walks off stage after receiving a Jefferson Award for Public Service in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Ginsburg is being honored for her legal career. Before she became the second female justice on the nation's high court in 1993, she was a judge, a professor and a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, where her work focused on gender equality. The awards, now in their 39th year, were co-founded by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and are named for founding father Thomas Jefferson. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)